Lawn-mower grass-receptacle.



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LAWN MOWER GRASS RBCEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID G. DAVIS, OF ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON, lASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOGEORGE R. a

BRADSI'IAW, OI ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON.

LAWN-MQWER GRASS-RECEPTACLE.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

Application filed August 6. 1907. Serial No. 387,384.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID G. Davis, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ellensburg, in the county of Kittitas and State ofIVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLawn-Mower Grass-Receptacles; and .I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to attachments for grass cutting machines andparticularly to receptacles attached to lawn mowers for receiving thecut grass therefrom.

The invention comprises the production of a receptacle secured to a lawnmower, of any usual or preferred type, for receiving the cut grasstherefrom.

The invention further comprises the production of a receptacle havingpart of its bottom at one end hinged7 for receiving and forcing rearwardcut grass.

The object in view in the production of the receptacle for receiving cutgrass near one end and to force the same rearward as the occasion mayrequire for at all times keeping the mower free from the cut grass inorder that the mower knives may operate freely.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention comprises certainother novel constructions combinations and arrangements of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing z-Figure l is a perspective view of a lawnmower with the'present invention secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectionthrough a receptacle formed according to the. present invention, Fig. 3is a detail fragmentary view of one of the supporting members andsurrounding mechanism showing how the receptacle is secured to a lawnmower.

In providing a receptacle for cut grass or the like for lawn mowersdifficulty has been experienced in providing a receptacle for receivingthe grass and holding the same away from the cutter. Numerous deviceshave been made, more or less successfully for receiving and keeping awayfrom the cutter the grasses cut and it is to this class of devices thatthe present invention relates.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing 1 indicates areceptacle of any desired shape preferably oblong and which ispreferably made from sheet metal for providing a strong comparativelylight receptacle. Provided at any convenient point along the receptacleis a handle or bail 2 designed to rest upon a hook 3 on the handle ofthe lawn mower 4. Near the front end of the receptacle 1 a door or grassreceiving member 5 is provided which is hinged at 6 to the main bottom 7of the receptacle 1. Preferably I make the bottom 7 and member 5 fromthe same piece of material and usually construct the same by simplycutting the bottom 7 at the hinge 6 and bending the same for forming ahinge at that point. A pivot 8 is inserted in the parts of the hinge forholding member 5 and bottom 7 together. A cord of any desired kind as 9is secured at 10 to the movable bottom or member 5' as clearly seen inFig. 1 for raising member 5 at any desired time upon its hinge 6.Suitably supporting members 11 are provided for securing or supportingthe receptacle 1 to a lawn mower 4. The supporting members 11areremovably secured to the lawn mower 4 so that when receptacle 1 hasbeen hlled it may easily be removed and emptied. If desired the suporting members 11 may be pivotal y mounted at 12 to receptacle 1 orrigidly secured as most desirable.-

In operation as the lawn mower 4 is pushed across the yard and grass iscut the same is thrown upon member or bottom 5 in rather close proximityto cutters 13. In the course of time the grass would pile up or lillthat end of the receptacle and choke or retard operation of cutters 13if the same were not removed by some means. vide an easy7 quick removalit is only necessary to pull upon cord 9 and all the cut grass on member5 will be raised and forced toward the rear of the rece tacle 1.Preferably the cord 9 is puller quickly so that member 5 will strike sto14 with some force. This of course will sud( enly stop the movement ofmember 5 but the grass has by this time received momentum suflicient tocarry it to the rear of the receptacle 1. After the bottom 5 has struckstop 14 it is again permitted to fall to its normal position as seen inFig. 2 ready to receive other cut grass. This operation can be donewhile the mower 4 is being operated without any ap reciable loss of cutgrass. By suddenly pu ling the string 9 the grass on member 5 is 1n acertain In order to pro- IOO sense pushed to the rear. By this means adeviee is provided that almost continuously 1. T he combination with alawn mower l of a receptacle, means for receiving cut grass from saidfmower, means for moving said `grass receiving' means, and a stopprojecting from the side of said receptacle for limiting the movementot' said grass receiving means.

2. The combination with a mower, of a receptacle, means for pivotallysecuring one end of said receptacle to said mower, means for supporting7the other end of said receptacle, a movable member for receiving grassfrom said mower, means for moving,` said. member, and means for stoppingsuddenly the movement of said member whereby the grass upon said memberwill be thrown into said receptacle.

ln testimony` whereof l al'liX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID G. DAVIS.

Vitnesses G. vWARD KEMP, L. C. Massin.

